cybersecurity
Cloud Security Hardening
Protect business Critical Systems
What system can be hardened?
We believe that Cloud is more secure than other environments because it relies on a strong underlying infrastructure which is more secure than most of the on premise environments built in the enterprise. Furthermore, cloud environments incorporate all the necessary security technologies in order to operate safely and securely.
It is the cloud provider’s responsibility to secure the underlying infrastructure (data center, network, hardware & hypervisor), however it is the client’s responsibility to secure the environment he is leasing.
In this shared responsibility model, the responsibility is devided between the client and the cloud provider, the following illustration explains it in more details for three types of services (IAAS, PAAS & SAAS)
The Shared Responsibility Model
Responsibility | IAAS | PAAS | SAAS |
|---|---|---|---|
Client Data | Client | Client | Client |
Client Accounts | Client | Client | Client |
IAM | Client | Client | Client |
Apps Configuration | Client | Client | Client |
APPS | Client | Client | Cloud Provider |
Dev Environment | Client | Cloud Provider | Cloud Provider |
Database | Client | Cloud Provider | Cloud Provider |
OS Configuration | Client | Cloud Provider | Cloud Provider |
Network Configuration | Client | Cloud Provider | Cloud Provider |
Machines | Cloud Provider | Cloud Provider | Cloud Provider |
Physical Network | Cloud Provider | Cloud Provider | Cloud Provider |
Data Center | Cloud Provider | Cloud Provider | Cloud Provider |
How does EXEO secures those systems?
Part of the Cybersecurity services EXEO provides is to harden the client environment in order to maximize the security of the hosted services and minimize the possibility of threats.
Based on these industry leading security recommendations, we maintain predefined checklists of controls and have developed our own standard operating procedures in order to perform the security hardening
Hardening the environment also makes monitoring more effective at detecting threats, by focusing on the incidents that require attention. If you would like to know more about how we help our clients stay secure, you can also check our managed security service page.
Systems that we harden
Google Workspace
Microsoft 365
Google Cloud
Azure
MySQL
RHEL
PostgreSQL
Windows Server
Through 2025, 99% of cloud security failures will be the customer’s fault.
Is the Cloud Secure
